A "new" technique for the diagnosis of chondrocalcinosis of the knee: Sensitivity and specificity of high-frequency ultrasonography [5]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1126-1128

  Filippou, Georgios ^a,b   Frediani, Bruno ^a   Gallo, Adriana ^a   Menza, Luana ^a   Falsetti, Paolo ^a   Baldi, Fabio ^a   Acciai, Caterina ^a   Lorenzini, Sauro ^a   Galeazzi, Mauro ^a   Marcolongo, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34547231199     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.069344     Document Type: Letter

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